HomeNewsHowl Turn-based strategy game Howl, aka Into The Breach as an illuminated manuscript, is out nowLion Song developers unleash a work of “living ink” Lion Song developers unleash a work of “living ink” Image credit:astragon Entertainment Image credit:astragon Entertainment The game certainly looks arresting: your cursor is a quill, the HUD is a collection of smaller parchment scraps, and the terrain is a slowly brightening wash of swirling colours, leaking beyond the outlines of trees and buildings....

HomeFeatures What’s better: double-jumping or limitless inventory capacity?Vote now as we continue trying to decide the single best thing in games Vote now as we continue trying to decide the single best thing in games Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Exciting development! We’ve just switched over a new poll system so: 1) hopefully everyone should see these now? 2) I’ll have to figure out a way to preserve the science across both old and new systems....

HomeNews Amazon Games cut 180 jobs shortly after Amazon report massive profits"Roadmapping for our future" “Roadmapping for our future” Image credit:Amazon Image credit:Amazon 2023’s games industry jobapocalypse continues with news that Amazon Games are laying off 180 people. This includes the entirety of the Twitch service Crown Channel, plus its Game Growth division, and accompanies a shift in focus for the company’s Prime Gaming service. “We’ve listened to our customers and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most, so we are refining our Prime benefit to increase our focus there,” Amazon Games VP Cristoph Hartmann wrote in the email....

HomeNewsCities: Skylines II Cities: Skylines 2’s editor tools are still a couple of months awayPerformance fixes are still in progress Performance fixes are still in progress Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paradox Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paradox Interactive A huge part ofCities: Skylinesappeal lay in its modding community, which expanded on the citybuilder’s robust foundations with new maps, assets and more for years post-release.Cities: Skylines 2is still waiting on its own official mod support, but Paradox have offered a new update on progress, saying that the editor is “a couple of months” from being in a releasable state, with no concrete timeline as yet....

HomeDeals Edifier’s great value R1700BTs speakers are down to $140 at Amazon US$20 cheaper than the last time we featured them on sale. $20 cheaper than the last time we featured them on sale. Image credit:Edifier Image credit:Edifier Edifier’s R1700BTs are some of the finest PC speakers I’ve ever used - andcriticsandusersalike agree - and today you can pick them up for $140 rather than their usual $200. That’s thanks to a 30% discount at Amazon US when you clip the coupon on the product page....

HomeNewsEscape from Tarkov Escape From Tarkov is adding vaulting, revised recoil, and new gunsBut it’s the vaulting that’s exciting But it’s the vaulting that’s exciting Image credit:Battlestate Games Image credit:Battlestate Games You can watch a low-wall hopping sizzle reel on X: Vaulting#EscapefromTarkovpic.twitter.com/cmJr0AOstK— Escape from Tarkov (@tarkov)November 14, 2023 Vaulting#EscapefromTarkovpic.twitter.com/cmJr0AOstK I think and talk a lot about one of the times I visited EVE Fanfest and saw an announcement of a UI feature which made it slightly easier to transfer items from one spaceship cargo hold to another....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) How to play solo in Modern Warfare 3 ZombiesHere’s how to disable squads and play MW3 Zombies solo. Here’s how to disable squads and play MW3 Zombies solo. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Looking to play Modern Warfare 3 Zombies solo?MW3 Zombies is back with a bang, living up to the tried and tested formula that has always been a standout for fans - or should that be unliving up?...

HomeNewsChasing the Unseen Jusant and Shadow Of The Colossus lovers should try Chasing The Unseen’s expanded playtestSquid Game Squid Game Image credit:Strange Shift Studio Image credit:Strange Shift Studio If you’ve been enjoyingJusant, Don’t Nod’s post-apocalyptic climbing sim, you might also like the alpha playtest forChasing The Unseen, which has just been updated with a new level. It doesn’t have Jusant’s quietly innovative grip and abseiling mechanics – the climbing is closer toShadow Of The Colossus, consisting of just one button you hold to cling on till your stamina runs out....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, November 14)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #156 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #156 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeNewsInvincible Presents: Atom Eve The first original Invincible videogame, starring Atom Eve, is out todayTurn-based combat meets graphic novel storytelling, emphasis on the “graphic” Turn-based combat meets graphic novel storytelling, emphasis on the “graphic” Image credit:Skybound Games Image credit:Skybound Games Robert Kirkman’s Invincible is a comic book and lately, animated series about a young superhero finding his feet in a world where superheroes routinely get decapitated, disembowelled, melted, squished or just plain old beaten to a pulp....

HomeDeals This RTX 4070 + Ryzen 7600X prebuilt gaming PC is cheaper than building it yourself£1160 for a complete system vs £1153 for the CPU, motherboard, RAM, SSD and GPU. £1160 for a complete system vs £1153 for the CPU, motherboard, RAM, SSD and GPU. Image credit:Stormforce Image credit:Stormforce Want a high-end gaming PC for a reasonable price? Stormforce Gaming are offering an RTX 4070 desktop equipped with a Ryzen 5 7600X processor, 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB NVMe SSD for £1160, which is less money than these components cost to buy to assemble a matching computer yourself....

HomeReviewsWarhammer: Age of Sigmar - Realms of Ruin Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruin review: a decent RTS heavy on micromanagementBut too fussy for a dummy like me But too fussy for a dummy like me Image credit:RPS/Frontier Developments Image credit:RPS/Frontier Developments I feel like I can let a lot of you know whether you’d likeWarhammer Age Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruinwith just a few words: it’s about micromanagement. Victory is dependent on rapidly issuing movement, attack and ability commands to several small squads of soldiers, and your units will pay a heavy price if your attention leaves them for more than a few moments....

HomeNews Alan Wake devs Remedy reboot “Vanguard” shooter as premium game due to the “risks” of free-to-playF2P scene is “rapidly changing” F2P scene is “rapidly changing” Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Alan WakeandControldevelopers Remedy Entertainment have announced that their untitled co-op shooter, the artist formerly known as project Vanguard, will no longer be a free-to-play game - largely, it seems, because the free-to-play business is looking a bit dicey. The game has been given a new codename to celebrate: Kestrel....